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Citation, commencement and interpretation

1.—(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Social Security (Members of the Reserve Forces) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2015 and shall come into operation on 6th April 2015.

(2) The Interpretation Act (Northern Ireland) 1954(1) shall apply to these Regulations as it applies to an Act of the Assembly.

Amendment of the Income Support (General) Regulations

2.—(1) The Income Support (General) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1987(2) are amended in accordance with paragraphs (2) to (4).

(2) In regulation 2 (interpretation) after the definition of “the Employment and Support Allowance Regulations”(3) insert —

““first year of training” means a period of one year beginning with and including a person’s first day of training;”.

(3) In regulation 29 (calculation of earnings derived from employed earner’s employment and income other than earnings) for paragraph (2B)(4) substitute—

“(2B)Earnings derived by a claimant as a member of a reserve force prescribed in Part 1 of Schedule 6 to the Contributions Regulations in respect of a period of annual continuous training for a maximum of 15 days in any calendar year or in respect of training in the claimant’s first year of training as a member of a reserve force for a maximum of 43 days in that year, whether paid to the claimant alone or together with other earnings derived from the same source, are to be taken into account—

(a)in the case of a period of training which lasts for the number of days listed in column 1 of the Table, over a period of time which is equal to the number of days set out in the corresponding row in column 2 of that Table; or

(b)in any other case, over a period which is equal to the duration of the training period.

Table

Column 1

Period of training in days

Column 2

Period of time over which earnings are to be taken into account in days

8 to 10

15 to 17

22 to 24

29 to 31

36 to 38

43

7

14

21

28

35

42”

(4) In Schedule 8 (sums to be disregarded in the calculation of earnings)—

Amendment of the Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations

(2) In regulation 1(2) (citation, commencement and interpretation) after the definition of “employment related course” insert—

““first year of training” means a period of one year beginning with and including a person’s first day of training;”.

(3) In regulation 14(1) (circumstances in which a person is to be treated as available) for sub-paragraph (u)(8) substitute—

“(u)if he is a member of a reserve force prescribed in Part 1 of Schedule 6 to the Contributions Regulations, either—

(i)if he is engaged in his first year of training, for a maximum of 43 days in that year; or

(ii)if he is engaged in annual continuous training, for a maximum of 15 days in any calendar year.”.

(4) In regulation 19(1) (circumstances in which a person is to be treated as actively seeking employment) for sub-paragraph (x)(9) substitute—

“(x)in any week during which he is engaged for not less than 3 days in training as a member of a reserve force prescribed in Part 1 of Schedule 6 to the Contributions Regulations, either—

(i)if he is engaged in his first year of training, for a maximum of 43 days in that year; or

(ii)if he is engaged in annual continuous training, for a maximum of 15 days in any calendar year.”.

(5) In regulation 94 (calculation of earnings derived from employed earner’s employment and income other than earnings) for paragraph (2B)(10) substitute—

“(2B)Earnings derived by a claimant as a member of a reserve force prescribed in Part 1 of Schedule 6 to the Contributions Regulations in respect of a period of annual continuous training for a maximum of 15 days in any calendar year or in respect of training in the claimant’s first year of training as a member of a reserve force for a maximum of 43 days in that year, whether paid to the claimant alone or together with other earnings derived from the same source, are to be taken into account—

(a)in the case of a period of training which lasts for the number of days listed in column 1 of the Table, over a period of time which is equal to the number of days set out in the corresponding row in column 2 of that Table; or

(b)in any other case, over a period which is equal to the duration of the training period.

Table

Column 1

Period of training in days

Column 2

Period of time over which earnings are to be taken into account in days

“or in respect of training in the claimant’s first year of training as a member of a reserve force for a maximum of 43 days in that year”.

Amendment of the Employment and Support Allowance Regulations

4.—(1) The Employment and Support Allowance Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2008(16) are amended in accordance with paragraphs (2) to (5).

(2) In regulation 2(1) (interpretation) after the definition of “the first contribution condition” insert—

““first year of training” means a period of one year beginning with and including a person’s first day of training.”.

(3) In regulation 43(1)(e)(iv) (circumstances under which partners of claimants entitled to an income-related allowance are not to be treated as engaged in remunerative work) omit “territorial or”.

(4) In regulation 91 (calculation of earnings derived from employed earner’s employment and income other than earnings) for paragraph (3A)(17) substitute—

“(3A)Earnings derived by a claimant’s partner as a member of a reserve force prescribed in Part 1 of Schedule 6 to the Contributions Regulations in respect of a period of annual continuous training for a maximum of 15 days in any calendar year or in respect of training in the claimant’s partner’s first year of training as a member of a reserve force for a maximum of 43 days in that year, whether paid to the claimant’s partner alone or together with other earnings derived from the same source, are to be taken into account—

(a)in the case of a period of training which lasts for the number of days listed in column 1 of the Table, over a period of time which is equal to the number of days set out in the corresponding row in column 2 of that Table; or

(b)in any other case, over a period which is equal to the duration of the training period.

Table

Column 1

Period of training in days

Column 2

Period of time over which earnings are to be taken into account in days

8 to 10

15 to 17

22 to 24

29 to 31

36 to 38

43

7

14

21

28

35

42”

(5) In Schedule 7 (sums to be disregarded in the calculation of earnings)—

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